Institute for Research on Poverty

The Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison dedicated to studying poverty and economic inequality. It was established in March 1966, as a result of an agreement between UW–Madison and the Office of Economic Opportunity.[1] It is the oldest center for poverty research still active in the United States,[2] and had over 150 faculty affiliates from universities across the United States (as of 2017).[3]

Institute for Research on Poverty
EstablishedMarch 1966
Research typeApplied
Field of research
Economics
DirectorKatherine Magnuson
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
CampusUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitewww.irp.wisc.edu

Founding

The key figure behind its founding was Robert Lampman, a professor of economics at UW–Madison, who also served as the Institute's interim director.[1][4] Lampman did not expect the Institute to last for very long, as he thought poverty in the United States would be eliminated soon after its founding.[5]

Directors

The following people have been director of the Institute:

  • Robert Lampman (interim director; March–June 1966)
  • Harold Watts (1966–71)
  • Robert Haveman (1971–75)
  • Irwin Garfinkel (1975–80)
  • Eugene Smolensky (1980–83)[6]
  • Sheldon Danziger (1983–88)
  • Charles Manski (1988–91)
  • Robert M. Hauser (1991–94)
  • Barbara Wolfe (1994–2000)
  • John Karl Scholz (2000–04)
  • Maria Cancian (2004–08)
  • Timothy Smeeding (2008–14)
  • Lawrence Berger (2014–19)
  • Katherine Magnuson (2019–present)

References
  1. "History". Institute for Research on Poverty. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. "UW-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty named national Poverty Research Center". news.wisc.edu. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. "Institute for Research on Poverty". La Follette School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. "Commemorative History of IRP, 1966–2006". Institute for Research on Poverty. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  5. DeParle, Jason (1992-06-01). "At Poverty Conference, Gloom and Dashed Hope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  6. Evanson, Elizabeth (1986). "A brief history of the Institute for Research on Poverty" (PDF). Focus.

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